Minnesota Energy is advancing its EnergyForward imaginative and prescient for 100% carbon-free power with the issuance of an RFP for as much as 300 MW of regional photo voltaic power to come back on-line by 2027.
The RFP follows Minnesota Energy’s 2021 Built-in Useful resource Plan, accepted by the Minnesota Public Utilities Fee, with procurement of photo voltaic via this RFP probably rising Minnesota Energy’s photo voltaic portfolio tenfold.
As a part of its EnergyForward technique, Minnesota Energy seeks cost-effective photo voltaic sources which are inside its service territory with direct interconnections to the corporate’s transmission system. Desire can be given to tasks in communities which have era sources impacted by the corporate’s decarbonization plans.
The RFP strives to maximise the regional financial advantages of photo voltaic improvement, together with preferences for numerous bidders and necessities for utilizing union labor, native labor for building and everlasting staffing and the event of apprenticeship applications.
“As we demonstrated with our three current regional photo voltaic tasks, this RFP displays our dedication to creating alternatives for our communities through the clean-energy transformation,” says Minnesota Energy COO Josh Skelton.
“We’re in search of tasks that may create native building jobs and tax base in communities, practice folks for the longer term and generate renewable power for our prospects. Getting this power transformation proper means constructing a very sustainable future the place everybody can thrive.”
Minnesota Energy will contemplate a number of energy provide choices to satisfy its prospects’ photo voltaic useful resource wants, together with build-own-transfer and energy buy settlement tasks together with self-build tasks.
Proposals can be accepted via Jan. 5, 2024. Click on right here to be taught extra or to file a proposal.
